Enrollment
281
Middle
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27·NCES 360012305890
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI
8-21 BAY 25TH ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 · (718) 471-6934 · Queens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
255 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 98 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 30% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
59.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 54.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI this school | 281 | 90.7% | 60.6% |
| MOTT HALL III BRONX | 270 | 96.7% | 50.8% |
| EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 222 | 95.0% | 51.9% |
| ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY BRONX | 268 | 95.5% | 51.3% |
| NORTH BRONX SCHOOL OF EMPOWERMENT BRONX | 318 | 93.1% | 30.7% |
| MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP BRONX | 230 | 93.9% | 47.1% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #254 of 766 | #22 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #385 of 768 ▲ 27 | #32 of 57 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #127 of 768 ▲ 67 | #18 of 57 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #593 of 796 | #51 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #364 of 683 | #9 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #332 of 688 | #38 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #132 of 773 | #11 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #91 of 168 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
281
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 281 | 26.8 | 10.5:1 | 91% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 20.4 | 12.9:1 | 87% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 20.5 | 12.8:1 | 87% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 87% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 85% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 81% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 81% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI.
About KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI, located in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York, is a small middle-grades school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 281 students. Enrollment is 47% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 counts 63 schools and 39,209 students, including KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI.
Roughly 61% of students at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI are Hispanic. Other groups include 35% Black. By comparison, Queens County residents are about 28% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI counts 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.5 students for each one. That matches the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York fairly closely. About 91% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Queens County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
The allk12 Grade for KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is A-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.6% for KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI. The school posts 60.6%, 19.0 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Queens County show that the median household income is $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Queens County is home to 392 public schools and about 268,205 public school students.
The closest public school, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is City: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 282 in 2020-21 and 281 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.5:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27
- JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,841 students
- MS 137 AMERICA'S SCHOOL OF HEROESMiddle · 1,610 students
- JHS 210 ELIZABETH BLACKWELLMiddle · 1,459 students
- SCHOLARS' ACADEMYHigh · 1,184 students
- CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCHHigh · 1,180 students
Other schools in FAR ROCKAWAY
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,218 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAYElementary · 728 students
- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 605 students
- PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 600 students
- PS 43Elementary · 574 students
- PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)Elementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 605
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VI HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 311
- QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 507
- CHALLENGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,218
- WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 484
- PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE)0.4 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VIHow large is KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 06-08.
Is KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI an elementary, middle, or high school?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI have?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI?
At KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI, the student body is approximately 1% White, 61% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI public or private?
KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY VI is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.